Drug-induced hipersensitivity syndromes in intensive care units

Authors

  • Marcela Cardona Centro de Simulación Clínica, grupo EdSimC
  • Luisa Fernanda Galindo Dermobog
  • Diego Andrés Díaz-Guío Vital Care, Centro de Simulación

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29176/2590843X.58

Keywords:

Stevens-Johnson syndrome, drug hypersensitivity syndrome, critical care, pharmaceutical preparations, intensive care units

Abstract

Cutaneous diseases triggered by medications are common and usually harmless, but some of the less frequent variations can be life threatening. Some of the diseases in this category are the spectrum of Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis and drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome.
The rare occurrence of these diseases has led to low levels of knowledge on its clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment by medical staff on intensive care units, which can be associated with attention delays and negative impact on morbimortality.
This article reviews the above conditions, and describes its association with medications frequently used on intensive care units, as well as its pathophysiology, clinical presentation and treatment.

Author Biographies

Marcela Cardona, Centro de Simulación Clínica, grupo EdSimC

Médica general, Vital Care, Centro de Simulación Clínica, grupo EdSimC, Armenia, Colombia

 

Luisa Fernanda Galindo, Dermobog

Médica dermatóloga, Dermobog, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia

 

Diego Andrés Díaz-Guío, Vital Care, Centro de Simulación

Médico intensivista, Ph.D. (c) en Educación, Clínica Central del Quindío, CEO Vital Care, Centro de Simulación, Armenia, Colombia

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Cardona M, Galindo LF, Díaz-Guío DA. Drug-induced hipersensitivity syndromes in intensive care units. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2018 Nov. 16 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];26(3):170-83. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/58

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Cardona M, Galindo LF, Díaz-Guío DA. Drug-induced hipersensitivity syndromes in intensive care units. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2018 Nov. 16 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];26(3):170-83. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/58

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